Connections between texts War is a terrible event and involves a terrible loss of human life. War is evil and there is little glory in it. But can a just war exist? To investigate the idea of ​​a just war, I studied the texts Schindler's List directed by Steven Spielberg, The Book Thief written by Marcus Zusak, Base Details written by Wilfred Owen, and The Soldier written by Rupert Brooke. Connections between texts include relationships between characters, contrasting moods, narrative, and the author's point of view. Character relationships between a German and a Jew are connections seen in both the novel The Book Thief and the film Schindler's List. The two texts show the terrible events that occurred during the Second World War. Schindler's List focuses on the charming and greedy German businessman Oskar Schindler who buys 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. He does this to save them from the concentration camps using his own money and with the help of an accountant named Itzhak Stern, a Jew whom Schindler protects. Similarly, there is a relationship between a German and a Jew in The Book Thief. Hans Hubermann, a German foster parent and house painter living in Molching, risks his life by hiding a Jew named Max from the Nazis in his cellar. They form great bonds through the struggles life throws at them, like Oskar and Itzhak in Schindler's List. Itzhak and Max are some of the few Jews treated humanely in these texts. There is a comparison here as the lyrics are both about World War II, but in the lyrics the characters describe different ways the Jews were treated. Both Germans in these texts protect the Jew from being killed. Another aspect of war justice is the extent of harm suffered by civilians. This is shown in these texts such as the rest of the Jews ...... middle of paper ......d by Steven Spielberg, The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak and Base Details written by Siegfried Sassoon. In contrast, Rupert Brooke, the author of The Soldier, perceives war as a heroic act as he is proud to die for his country. The lyrics are all connected by the theme "can there be a just war" and also by other connections within the lyrics. The character relationship between a Jew and a German was seen in The Book Thief and Schindler's List. Contrasting moods were seen in The Soldier and Base Details, while narrative and the author's point of view were seen in The Book Thief and Base Details. The question is: how do you perceive war? Bibliography: Brooke, Rupert. (1914) The Soldier.Sassoon, Siegfried. (1918) Basic Details.Spielberg, Steven. (1993) Schindler's List. United States, Universal Pictures Zusak, Markus. (2005) The book thief. Australia, Picador